Rhinolophus Lacepede, 1799. Tabl. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammiferes p. 15.
Vespertilio ferrum-equinum Schreber, 1774. Conserved in ICZN Opinion 91 (1926) and Direction 24 (1955)
Rhinolophus kirghisorum Horáček, Uvizl, & Benda, 2024.
Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 88: 43.
Kirghizstan Horseshoe Bat
kirghisorum Horáček, Uvizl, & Benda, 2024:
kirgisorum Horáček, Hanák, & Gaisler, 2000 [nomen nudum].
Kirghizstan, Oš Province [Ош облусу], Nookat District [Ноокат району], Kolodec Fersmana mine [Колодец Ферсмана / Fersman’s well], at the sоuthern edge of Dangi canyon [Данги каньон], Aravan-saj river [Араван-сай], Tuâ-Moûn massif [Туя-Моюн / Тоо-Моюн], 2 km NW of Kara-koktu [Кара-кокту], 10 km N of Nookat [Ноокат]
E Uzbekistan into W Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and likely N Afghanistan
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Benda, P., M. Ševčík, I. Horáček, M. Uvizl, A. Reiter, and M. Uhrin. 2024. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 17. New records of bats and their ectoparasites from Tajikistan with a review of these faunas of the country including a description of a new species of horseshoe bat. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 88: 1-213. Not available online.
See Benda et al. (2024) for an in-depth discussion of the nomen nudum. Includes aff. lepidus of Horáček et al. (2000: 101).